Alien is one of the best science-fiction horror movies ever made, and if there's one thing the movie gets right, it's the building of tension on a grand scale. When the crew of the Nostromo are woken ...

But back in the 1970s, this was anything but a sure thing. Nobody knew whether HR Giger's horrific alien creature would hit big with audiences and it's fair to say that very few would have pegged this ...

Before the viewer watched Ridley Scott's hand push around some meat or John Hurt being smothered by an alien, the latter's character could be seen entering that spooky egg chamber. It's an utterly ...